The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-07

The stock market to-day was somewhat les,
active than the two proceeding days bat was
feyerish and irregular and displayed NOR. de-
cIded wtTt knees Realizing sales assumed larry
er proportions. The widening tendsncy how
ever enabled the market 10 absorb offerings
AMI after .connnlng fluctuations within fric-
tiOnal limits, moderate rally was brought
about. The coal stocks with Union Pacific and
Fort Worth Denver absorbed most of the in
terest in speculation, the grangeTs and trunk
lines shares being comparatively neglected
Several rumors in regard to Jersey Central
upon the prices of stock. UniOn Puritic MI
Nanced sharply In the forenoon The i'm
sales for Boston account.
The opening, was irregular but generally
nrfn- The market was extremely active in the.
morning, but heavy throughout, Fl. worth 4
Denver being weak. The tone of speculation
fractions were gained throughout the list be-
fore O'Clock, Jersey being conspicuous with IA
gain OF one per cent Realizing. however was
renewed in the last hour and the market closed
heavy at or near the lowest prices of the day.
The total business Of the day ts,tsD
shares
NEW YORK, April Green Y Cos report
say The market is still undergoing the pro-
cess of liquidation on the long side. with the
desire To unload somewhat hastened to-day by
the report of n heavy overland movement for
the month of March. Some care was shown in
letting out the supply, but throughout the
Offering exceeded the demand, the cio-e show
ing the lowest figures. or about To . points
under last evening, and the tone easy The
selling wits To- IA considerable extent simply on
long contracts, though evidences were not
wanting of more or less trailing ON new short
deals.
Cotton Net receipts 573 gross, 6..:sl; flu
lures closed easy-sstles. ll3.bD bales. April.
10 43dl0 "A: May. 10 30 10 ~; June. 10 4 ~ HI;
July, 10 i}tt 10 - August, 10 So IL IA; sep
tember, IL 80 10 ri; October. SAP ~; NoVcn-
Der, ssds ~.
Afternoon report Cotton quiet sales. lis;
Uplands. 10 9-l6; Orleans. lUt4; receipts, i.Glg;
exports 10 Great Britain, 2.tsis; to the Conti-
nent, 5,24O; stock. 5lf.I4..
LIyERPooI- April T. p m Cotton -
April, ApTil-Na , 3. 81, buyer; May-.June,
:s'-6+, seller; JIme-July. , 1914. buyer: July
August, ) fe-d4, buyer; AuguSt-Scptember, i
4i-64, buyer; Observation-Disclosures :s-6i, value;
2l-6i, buyer; September.
D t5-6f, seller Futures closed weak
MANCHESTER. April 6--The Guardians COM
mercaI article says. There is "a small and well
distributed business in some cloth depart
ments. but chiefly for home and minor foreign
outlets. The demand for India i almost ex-
tinct. Merchants have very few orders and
those are mostly AT limits hOpclcSSly unwOrk-
able. The whole Eastern trade L. light and
there il no prospect of fun sale of business
for some time. The Eastern Slacknf,ss does not
affect prices materially, many unexpected or
ders being in hand. The export yarns business
il poor. The demand for the Continent il qui-
much below the current rates IL l. evident
that the late stages of the upward movement
of quotations are largely nominal Cloth j.
fairly steady. owing mainly To the current for
ward contracts. which. however, are ltsSening
and occasionally shirtinps aad other plain
steady with little pressure Ia sell. Higher
Reeds. plain and fancy printing AMI other
finishing cloths are very nfm- Production i
well engaged. Heavy goods are quiet.